Maison & Atelier Horta: staircase

When he was building his own house, Horta felt himself free to use all the construction elements he considered important. Wood was to soar now as well. Every piece of furnishing is constructed on the same static/energetic principle, where wood - like stone - sometimes loses its natural character as material and is similarly transformed into a flowing, sculptural material. The end result is an Art Nouveau synthesis of art, a Gesamtkunstwerk.